Encounters with Aliens on this Day

July 29

1947 - Hamilton Air Base, California At 2:50 p.m. PDT the
Assistant Base Operations Officer, Capt. William Rhyerd, and Ward Steward,
an ex-B-29 pilot, watched for unknown length of time while two round,
shiny, white objects with estimated 15-25 foot diameters, flew 3-4 times
the apparent speed of a P-80, also in sight. One object flew straight and
level; the other weaved from side-to-side like an escort fighter. (Source:
Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns).

1948 - James Toney and Robert Huggins, both employees of a rug
cleaning firm in Indianapolis, Indiana saw a shiny aluminum object,
shaped something like an airplane's propeller, with 10-12 small cups
protruding from either blade, at 9:38 a.m. Its estimated size was 6-8 feet
long and 1.5-2 feet wide. The object glided across the road a few hundred
feet in front of their vehicle and apparently came down in a wooded area.
The sighting lasted a few seconds. (Sources: Project Blue Book files
counted in official statistics, case no. 185; Don Berliner, Project
Bluebook UFO Unknowns).

1952 - There are 39 unexplained UFO reports recorded in the
UFOCAT database for this day. Most are lacking any detail and so fall into
the category of "insufficient information." All but five come from the
United States. For a map of the distribution of those reports from
the USA with known geographical coordinates, click here.
Below are seven of the more interesting cases:

1952 - At 1:30 a.m. radar operators on the ground in Osceola,
Wisconsin witnessed several clusters of up to 10 small radar
targets and one large target. The small targets moved from southwest to
east at 50-60 knots (60-70 mph), following each other. The large object
moved at 600 knots (700 mph). One hour total time. The pilot of a F-51
Mustang in flight confirmed a visual sighting of one of the targets.
(Source: Condon Committee investigation files; Don Berliner, Project
Bluebook UFO Unknowns).

1952 - Sidney Eubank went to the Enid, Oklahoma police
station and told Sergeant Vern Bennell that an enormous disc had buzzed
his car as he drove between Bison and Waukonis on Highway 81. The rush of
air made the car leave the road while the object flew west very fast.
(Sources: NICAP investigation files, reported dated July 30, 1952; Jacques
Vallee, Anatomy of a Phenomenon, p. 134; Jacques Vallee,
Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 199).

1952 - At 12:30 p.m. USAF personnel near Ennis, Montana
were alerted that UFOs were coming from the direction of Seattle,
Washington and headed toward their position. Twelve of them saw two
to five flat disc-shaped objects fly over. One hovered for 3-4 minutes,
while the others circled it. The sighting lasted 30 minutes. (Sources:
Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case no. 1747; Don
Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns).

1952 - Langley AFB, Virginia. At 2:30 p.m. USAF Captain
D.G. Moore, of military air traffic control, sighted a UFO coming toward
the air base that flew at an estimated speed of 2,600 mph below an
altitude of 5,000 feet. It was in sight for two minutes. Twenty minutes
later Captain Moore and electronics technician W. Y. Hope tracked a UFO on
radar moving away. The object stopped for two minutes, then moved away
again very, very fast. Total duration four minutes. (Sources: Kevin
Randle, Invasion Washington: UFOs over the Capitol; p. 275; Don
Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns).

1952 -At 3:44 Herbert Mitchell and his employee in Merced,
California sighted a dark, discus-shaped object, trailed two
lengths behind by a silvery light. It tipped on its side, dove, hesitated,
and then circled very fast. They watched it for two minutes. (Sources:
Project Blue Book files counted in official statistics, case no. 1738; Don
Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO Unknowns).

1965 - At 4:20 a.m. a washtub-shaped object flew over
North Weymouth, Massachusetts performing irregular
maneuvers. It was watched through binoculars and glowed orange, red and
silver. At one point during the sighting two smaller silver objects
criss-crossed over top of it. (Source: Raymond E. Fowler, UFOs:
Interplanetary Visitors, p. 333).

1968 - Four people driving in La Atalaya, Argentina at
3:15 at night saw an object that looked like an upside down washbasin.
It was 30-40 feet wide and glowing on the underside. As it flew low over
the road, the headlights and engine of the witnesses' car failed. After
the object had landed about 250 meters from the car, the headlights came
back on. The object remained on the ground for 45 minutes while the motorists
watched. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference,
case 244, citing FSR Case Histories, Supplement No. 13)

1968 - Two witnesses at 1:30 a.m. saw a snow-white
glowing object apparently land near a deserted grass airport in
Barnstable, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. When they drove
past the area, a sound like a large swarm of locusts was heard emanating
from the field. The airfield had closed at sunset. (Source: Raymond E.
Fowler, UFOs: Interplanetary Visitors, p. 354).

Barnstable Airport, Massachusetts - 1968

1970 - At 3:00 a.m. an unknown craft emerged from the ocean along
the coast of Alcocebre, Spain and loses itself in the sky. A cylinder
that had been discovered on the ocean bottom the previous day had gone.
(Source: FSR Case Histories, August 1971, p. 6).

1970 - In Old Forge, New York several people noticed an
ovoid, metallic, and fairly large object which began following their car
at 10:25 p.m. While it followed, the car radio was inoperative due to
heavy static. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle
Interference, case 292, citing UFOLOG, No. 83, 1971)

1971 - A green metallic object, self-luminous but also
apparently reflecting sunlight, was seen in the sky over Nedlands near
Perth, Western Australia at 9:50 a.m.. It left behind a
trail. (Source: Data-Net Report, January 1972).

1972 - A silent disc-shaped object rose from behind some trees
at night in Tyler, Texas. It had red, green, and blue lights on the
underside. It maneuvered at a low altitude. (Source: Glenn McWane, The
New UFO Sightings, p 46).

1973 - Two witnesses were driving near Ottawa, Ontario
at around 9 p.m. when they noticed a bright globe of light descend and
pass near them. They could see three humanoid figures through three oblong
shaped portholes. The object then flew over the car and left. (Source:
Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1973, case # 14, citing John
Brent Musgrave, UFO Occupants and Critters).

1978 - At 12:25 a.m. the Green Bay, Wisconsin lighthouse
keeper reported that he had seen a UFO heading westbound at high rate
of speed. It had an irregularly flashing white light and red lights. At
2:40 a.m. a U.S. Coast Guard craft near Apostle Island, Wisconsin
on Lake Superior saw a large, yellow-white oblong object. There were five
separate sightings reported of the object. Witnesses also reportedly saw
the Aurora Borealis and several meteors. (Source: Allan Hendry, International
UFO Reporter, August 1979, p. 14)

On this day in 1978 a 15-year-old boy and his grandfather spied
an eight-foot tall hairy creature by the river in Little River, Texas.
They were working in a nearby field when they saw the Bigfoot-like creature.
It left footprints 14" long and 9" wide. A Sheriff measured the footprints
left behind. (Source: UFO Newsclipping Service, September 1978,
p. 17).

1986 - At 11:50 p.m. a very bright nocturnal light was reported
over the lake at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. A larger object was seen
hovering over the light, and a cloud. (Source: Robert Gribble, National
UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, case 1179).

1990 - At two o'clock in the morning a man woke up in his bedroom
in Columbus, Ohio to find a small humanoid standing in the bedroom.
He could only recall having his tooth drilled and an "implant" possibly
having been inserted. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database
1990, case # 1851, citing Francis J. Ridge, Regional Encounters: The
Filter Center Files).

1990 - At 4:30 a.m. in Ottawa, Ontario a woman--whose roommate
had witnessed a large light maneuvering over the area on July 1--woke
up in her 16th floor apartment to see a 4-foot tall being in the bedroom.
A dim light illuminated the being, which the witness described as small
in stature and dark gray in color. His head was bend down as if adjusting
something on his chest. He had a child-like body. Behind his head was
a fog-like mist. The being wore a smooth suit with a square buckle on
the front of a larger belt-buckle. Shiny neon like light shone from the
buckle, which changed color to blue, the inside to the buckle was black.
The witness was not afraid and went back to sleep. Ten minutes later she
saw the being again standing about 10 feet away from her. She then fell
back to sleep again and did not see the being depart. (Source: Peter Davenport,
National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, July 1990 webpage).

2001 - At three a.m. an object larger than 10 meters
in diameter was seen on the grounds of the local football field in Quedas
do Iguacu, Parana, Brazil. The two witnesses including
Rubem Bastos de Brito reported seeing several short bizarre
creaturesmoving around the object. After about 20 minutes the object shot
away into the sky. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database
2001, citing Thiago Luiz Ticchetti, EBE-ET).